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HSK 3.0Vocab 7-9 Recognition 7-9

1.

Animated Stroke Order 扒

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How to write 扒 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 扒

扒 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

扒

扌shǒu · hand

八bā · eight

扒=

4.

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5.

Related Words: 扒

扒手 • pá shǒu • pickpocket

pá扒

shǒu手

pickpocket

6.

Example Sentences

tā他

yòng用

lì力

bā扒

kāi开

le了

jǐn

Information

Pinyinbā

Meaningdig up; pull down; rake

Strokes5

Radical扌

Traditional扒

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2290

Zhuyinㄅㄚ

UnicodeU+6252

CangjieQAU

扌shǒu · hand

+八bā · eight

The hand component connects this character to a physical action.

紧

bì闭

de的

chuāng窗

hu户

。

He forcefully pried open the tightly closed window

tā他

yòng用

pá耙

zi子

bǎ把

dì地

shang上

de的

luò落

yè叶

bā扒

dào到

yī一

qǐ起

。

He used a rake to gather the fallen leaves on the ground together.

xiǎo小

xīn心

pá扒

shǒu手

zài在

rén人

qún群

zhōng中

háng行

qiè窃

。

Beware of pickpockets stealing in the crowd

zhè这

jiā家

diàn店

de的

bā扒

jī鸡

wèi味

dào道

hěn很

zhèng正

zōng宗

。

The braised chicken at this restaurant tastes very authentic

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HSK Level 6

Characters from the same exam level.

巷xiànglane; alley
削xiāocut
屑xièscraps; crumbs
腥xīngraw meat or fish
绣xiùembroider
翼yìthe wing of a bird/aeroplane; etc; flank; assist

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "ba".

笆bābamboo fence
犮bádog (archaic)
跋bágo by foot; epilogue, colophon
捌bābreak open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight
吧ba[makes a suggestion, eg. "Let's …")]
拨báto pull up

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "扌".

拚pīnrisk, disregard; go all out for
捺nàto press down heavily with the fingers
掸dǎnto dust; a duster
掇duōcollect, gather up, pick up
挞tàflog, whip; chastise
搽chásmear; rub, wipe; anoint

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